Coated weld rod



TENT OF Fl CE UNITED STATES COATED WELD ROD Ernest Clarence Bollason, Waitham Abbey, England, assignor to Metal and Thermit Corporation, New York, N. Y., a corporation of New Jersey No'Dra'wmg. Application October 16, 1946, Serial No. 703,494). in Great Britain November 8,

3 Claims. (01. 219-8) i 2 This invention relates to the manufacture of sible to manufacture flux-coated welding elecflu-x-coated welding electrodes of the kind comtrodes in the conventional manner but without prising a o e Wire, for example of mild Steel, any special treatment of the manganese alloy. alloy steel or non-ferrous metal, having a coat- Preferably we employ a manganese-chromium containing x red s in particulate 5 alloy and in this case we find that the chemical form and, as b din ent therefor, an alka reaction is inhibited to a suflicient extent as to metal compound such for example as sodium enable us to dispose entirely with any special silicate as is normally used or sodium or potastreatment of the manganese alloy powder. sium aluminate as claimed in British application The preferred manganese-chromium alloy for No. 2691/44. The flux ingredients usually init e in'th present inve ti i elude in powder form manganese metal or ferro manganese, containing not more than 1.5% of Per-cent carbon, for the purpose of deoxidising the Weld Manganese 50 to 98 metal and, if the core wire contains manganese Chromium 0.5 to 7 as is frequently the case, to compensate for loss Carbon not exceeding 1.5 of manganese in the welding process. Silicon not exceeding 5 In the manufacture of such flux-coated weld- Copper not exceeding 5 ing electrodes diflicul-ties may be experienced due Iron With traces of normal impurities remainto a possible chemical reaction between the mander ganese metal or alloy on the one hand and the alkali metal compound used as a binding agent T1115 alloy 1S pulyensed Sultably to P a on the other hand. Such reaction is particularly mesh S16v9 and the resultant Powder likely to occur While the flux Composition is in is sufiiciently stable to alkali compounds that it the moist state prior to being applied to the may be used without pre-treatment in the manuwelding electrode core and is particularly i 2.; facture of flux-coated welding electrodes of the advantageous in that it results in thickening and kind hsleinbefore describedloss of plasticity with consequent increase in An aluminum alloy Which may be used in difiiculty of application of the composition to the cordance With t e pr se t invention is:

core. The reaction is also disadvantageous in that it leads to the generation of gas with re- Per cent sultant porosity of the coating composition and Manganese 50110 93 this risk persists after the coating composition has Alur'nmum 1 to 10 been applied to the core wire. q m not exceed mg Silicon not exceedmg 5 In order to inhibit the chemical reaction above referred to the manganese metal or alloy powder 35 Copper, not exceedmg has been coated with Wax but the Wax film is Iron with traces of normal 1mpur1t1es rema1n easily removed during dry-mixing of the flux der ingredients and furthermore the wax may be objectionable in the welding operation particularly This alloy when pulvensed sultabiy to pass a in that it may give rise to irritating fumes. 30'mesh sleve may 9 used m the manu- Attempts have also been made to inhibit the facture of flux-coated weldmg electrodes of the reaction by forming an oxide film on the mankmd herembefore describgd' ganese metal or alloy by roasting it to a tempermanganese chrqmmm alummum alloy ature of 200 to 300 C. but this roasting operation A Whlch m used m accordance with the applied to such finely divided metal or alloy present mventlon is: powder involves a risk of fire or explosion and the dust present during the roasting operation Per cent may constitute a health risk to th operatives, Manganese 50 to 98 We have now found that the chemical reac- H i' 05130 7 tion above referred to may be partly or com- Alummum t0 5 pletely inhibited by alloying with the manganse arbon not exceeding 1.5 metal or alloy a proportion of chromium and/0r Silicon not exceeding 5 aluminum. By employing manganese-chromium Copper not exceeding 5 or manganese-aluminum alloys in accordance Iron with traces of normal impurities remainwith the present invention therefore it is posder A specific example of such an alloy is:

Iron remainder.

Claim is made to the manganese-aluminum alloy in application Serial No. 26,931, filed May 13, 1948, which is a division hereof.

I claim:

1. A flux-coated welding electrode in which the flux ingredients comprise an alkali metal compound and a manganese-chromium alloy having.

a composition within the range: 7

Percent Manganese 50 to 98 Chromium 0.5 to 7 Carbon not exceeding 1.5 Silicon not exceeding V Copper not exceeding 5 Iron with traces of normal impurities remainder.

2. A flux-coated welding electrode in which the flux ingredients comprise an alkali metal compound and a manganese-chromium-aluminum alloy having a composition within the range:

Percent Manganese to 98 Chromium 0.5 to 7 Aluminum 0.5 to 5 Carbon not exceeding 1.5 Silicon not exceeding 5 Copper not exceeding 5 Iron with traces of normal impurities remainder.

3. A flux-coated welding electrode in which the flux ingredients comprise an alkali metal compound and a manganese-chromium-a1uminum alloy having the following composition:

Percent Carbon 0.2

Chromium 2.0

Aluminum 1.5 Copper 2.0 Silicon 4.0 Sulphur 0.05 Phosphorus a- 0.6 Manganese 80.0

Iron remainder ERNEST CLARENCE ROLLASON.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,016,585 Basore et al. Oct. 8, 1935 2,291,482 McLott July 28, 1942 

